Age, period and cohort effects on first-child fertility in Danish men

Mads Kamper-Jørgensen, Niels Keiding, Lisbeth B. Knudsen

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Abstract

Demographic studies of fertility are most often based solely on information about women, leaving out characteristics of men. Thereby valuable information may be lost. The present note intends to explore the potential of the classical age-period-cohort model for describing male first-child fertility patterns. The model was fitted to fertility data on Danish men aged 15 to 49 years in the calendar period from 1960 to 1994. We found the classical age-period-cohodt model to be an appropriate model for describing male first-child fertility patterns in Denmark. Fluctuations in age-specific male first-child fertility rates over period were found,  with a nadir in the mid-1980s. Furthermore, age-specific first-child fertility rates were found to be lower in men from younger cirth cohorts than in men from older birth cohorts.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationDepartment of Biostatistics
PublisherMuseum Tusculanum
Edition2004
Number of pages20
Publication statusPublished - 2004
SeriesResearch Report
Number6

Keywords

  • fertility
  • men
  • age-period-cohort model
  • demography
  • Denmark

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